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Use of a mesh for musculoaponeurotic defects of the abdominal wall in cancer surgery and the risk of bowel fistulas.

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1995

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C. P. Karakousis, Carmine Volpe, J. Tanski, E D Colby, Janet M. Winston, Deborah L. Driscoll
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Abstract

In full-thickness abdominal wall defects, omentum, muscle flap, or a peritoneal patch sewn under a mesh prevent fistula formation.